Fromelles Cobbers

Work continues at Pheasant Wood to uncover the remains of Australian soldiers of the first AIF killed at the Battle of Fromelles and buried by the German Army.

Lambis Englezos from Melbourne has been a driving force behind the establishment of this archaeological project and can be seen in the photo below being interviewed by international journalist on site at Pheasant Wood.

International journalsits interviewing Lambis Englezos at Fromelles dig

Patrick Lindsay in his book Fromelles says that: Without Lambis, the missing Diggers of Fromelles would still be languishing in their unmarked and lonely graves at Pheasant Wood.

Word is spreading world wide about the dig – even to Moldova – read the report on Archaeologists find WW1mass grave remains  (by clicking on the title) or practice your Romanian by clicking here.

Closer to home the Australian published this report in yesterday’s paper: Remains found in five pits at Fromelles

Other updates from yesterday did not appear to very late in the day – have you caught up with those reports? Not sure – see Recent News Missing Diggers.

The UK media is beginning to report on the archaeological dig at Fromelles. Read their view on the project by clicking on the following links:

itv.com: WW1troop remains discovered

Telegraph.co.uk: Archaeologists hopeful they have found graves of First World War ‘lost army’

Mirror.co.uk: Search for First World War mass grave

DailyRecord.co.uk: Scots team find World War 1 Australian mass grave

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